More than 40 states have similar programs for victims of crime, but Sen. Jesse Kiehl’s bill adds correctional officers and police to the legislation.
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Tongass Voices: Sh Dei Wooteen Jeni Brown on speaking up — “Everybody has a warrior inside them”
Sh Dei Wooteen Jeni Brown is a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples’ advocate. Last week, she offered a training that honed in on one aspect of violence that people sometimes overlook — stalking.
Alaska study links domestic violence to poor health outcomes
The new University of Alaska Anchorage study shows that trauma from domestic violence, if left untreated, can have long-term health effects.
Alaska doctor wheels hope to survivors of traumatic brain injury in his ‘Brain Bus’
He says treatment can help unhoused people, survivors of domestic violence.
Domestic Violence in Alaska: Advocates link Alaska’s high rate of traumatic brain injury with domestic violence
Alaska has the highest rate of deaths from traumatic brain injury in the nation and among the highest rates of domestic violence, but it is only recently that advocates and caregivers began to link the two.
Domestic Violence in Alaska: A crisis at home
Survivors and advocates shed light on how far the state has come and the work yet to be done.